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UPDATE: Pets Arrive at Emergency Boarding Facility

The ASPCA Emergency Boarding Facility has been up and running in Brooklyn since Saturday November 17! Our dedicated staff and volunteers are currently caring for about 150 animals and providing relief to Sandy victims who need temporary housing for their pets. Check out photos of the operation in our Facebook album.

This week, we received pets at locations near the hardest hit areas, including the Rockaways and Coney Island on Monday and Tuesday and Staten Island and Red Hook later in the week. The facility has also welcomed pets who were being housed at evacuation centers or a Sean Casey Animal Rescue facility, as well as animals dropped off directly by their families.

Made possible in part thanks to a $500,000 grant from Rachael Ray, this free service was created in response to the many pet parents who asked for a place to board animals until they found new homes. With the help of volunteers from the ASPCA Adoption Center, Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals and elsewhere, we’re aiming to give hundreds of families a chance to rebuild their lives without having to say goodbye to their beloved furry family members.

Watch this blog for updates.

If you or someone you know was affected by Sandy and would like to use our free boarding service, please read this post for details.

If you would like to donate to our Disaster Relief Fund, you can do so here.

Sending check in MEMORY of my beautiful daughter, who was a lover of all animals, as well as family and friends. She also loved our earth, and practiced the 3Rs...Reduce, Reuse, Recycle...better than anyone I know. I'm thankful to have known this wonderful person, and sure that she would APPROVE this donation!

Thanks to you Rachel Ray! The number of lives you have touch with your gift is too numberous to count. Thanks for the love and compassion you shared with us all. If any of your fellow celebrities would care to match your gift so many more could be helped. Give them a nudge Rachel! That smile of yours can accomplish GREAT things! Thank you again from the bottom of my heart!